Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost thirty years in the telecommunications industry. He now spends his time as an author and a bookseller specialising in books in military history. He has written a number of books on various Second World War subjects. Ken now lives in Southampton.Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of Art and has been a freelance designer and illustrator for over 20 years. He has won both the Society of British Aerospace Companies Award and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy and has illustrated a number of books for Osprey including Campaign 69: Nagashino 1575 and Campaign 72: Jutland 1916. Howard lives and works in Kent.

• Origins of the BattleChronologyOpposing CommandersOpposing ForcesOrders of BattleOpposing PlansThe Flank AttacksThe Main AssaultThe RAF's BattleDisaster, Withdrawal and SurrenderAftermath and LessonsThe Battlefield TodayBibliographyIndex

Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost thirty years in the telecommunications industry. He now spends his time as an author and a bookseller specialising in books in military history. He has written a number of books on various Second World War subjects. Ken now lives in Southampton.Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of Art and has been a freelance designer and illustrator for over 20 years. He has won both the Society of British Aerospace Companies Award and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy and has illustrated a number of books for Osprey including Campaign 69: Nagashino 1575 and Campaign 72: Jutland 1916. Howard lives and works in Kent.

• Origins of the BattleChronologyOpposing CommandersOpposing ForcesOrders of BattleOpposing PlansThe Flank AttacksThe Main AssaultThe RAF's BattleDisaster, Withdrawal and SurrenderAftermath and LessonsThe Battlefield TodayBibliographyIndex

Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost thirty years in the telecommunications industry. He now spends his time as an author and a bookseller specialising in books in military history. He has written a number of books on various Second World War subjects. Ken now lives in Southampton.Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of Art and has been a freelance designer and illustrator for over 20 years. He has won both the Society of British Aerospace Companies Award and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy and has illustrated a number of books for Osprey including Campaign 69: Nagashino 1575 and Campaign 72: Jutland 1916. Howard lives and works in Kent.

• Origins of the BattleChronologyOpposing CommandersOpposing ForcesOrders of BattleOpposing PlansThe Flank AttacksThe Main AssaultThe RAF's BattleDisaster, Withdrawal and SurrenderAftermath and LessonsThe Battlefield TodayBibliographyIndex